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CVE-2023-28075

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28075 is a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability found in Dell BIOS. A local, authenticated attacker with physical access could exploit this by timing a Direct Memory Access (DMA) transaction during a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to achieve arbitrary code execution. Rated 6.3 MEDIUM, this attack requires physical access and high attack complexity, but could lead to significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r7_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m16_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m18_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3901_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 22 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dell.com / support/kbdoc/en-us/000212817/dsa-2023-152-security-update-for-a-dell-client-bios-vulnerability
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